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four people stand in front of a research poster. One holds a bowl containing pieces of cacti.

This cactus-based material could help improve rainwater harvesting for communities across rural Mexico

Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

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A group of U of T Engineering students collaborate on a project in the EngSci Common Room. For the past two years, the Skule™ Mental Health Bursary has become an important source of support to U of T Engineering students. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

How the Skule Mental Health Bursary is supporting students

September 11, 2023

A composite photo of U of T Engineering professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (left) and Tom Chau (right).

Professors Alberto Leon-Garcia and Tom Chau named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

September 6, 2023

Professor Nicolas Papernot elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

September 6, 2023

PhD candidate Chantel Campbell

IBET Momentum Fellow Chantel Briana Campbell fabricates multilayered biomaterials that can help repair damaged hearts, eyes and muscles

September 5, 2023

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